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Upper Caste members attack Dalits in Periyapatna

-IBN   Dalits were attacked by Upper Caste people at Mutthur village in Periyapatna taluk on Wednesday night. It is said that on Wednesday, a group of Dalit youths and Shivanna, an Upper Caste person entered into a heatred exchange. Following by this, the Upper Caste people attacked Dalits.   Accepting the complaint filed by one M J Deepak, Periyapatna police have arrested 7 persons on charges of comitting atrocity on dalits. As a...

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Health in crisis by Mohan Rao

There are fears that curative health care will be left to the private sector, while the public system will handle preventive and low-quality care. AN issue of The Lancet earlier this year highlighted some of the problems with public health in India, acknowledging that “it is in crisis”. The robust economic growth over the past 20 years has not translated into better health indices; indeed the decline of infant and child...

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‘Mahatma betrayed Dalits often’

-Deccan Chronicle   It was Gandhi Jayanti. But young Dalit poet Meena Kandasamy was not ready to spare the Mahatma. “Like many other Dalit writers, I have reservations about Gandhi,” she said at the DC Kovalam Literary Festival here. “He betrayed Dalits several times.” Ms Meena added the Poona Pact imposed on the nation by Mahatma Gandhi had effectively blocked the political rise of Dalits. “Dr Ambedkar agreed to it since he...

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Under Mayawati, Muslims fare worse than dalits in education by Abantika Ghosh

Mayawati may have demanded reservation for the Muslims in proportion to their population, but the community has little to cheer about during her five years' rule in Uttar Pradesh. An analysis of Muslims' share in employment and education shows how since 2007 the Muslims have fared worse than dalits in UP on the education front. Demolishing the tall claims of the minority concentration districts' programme to smithereens, the study shows...

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Arvind Kejriwal, RTI activist interviewed by Saba Naqvi

Arvind Kejriwal is part of the brains trust behind the Anna Hazare movement, which has the potential to further undermine the Delhi order. The engineer-turned-civil servant-turned-RTI activist is now a mass campaigner for the Jan Lokpal bill and plans to expand the movement. He spoke to Saba Naqvi about his ideological convictions, faith in “the people”, dealings with the Aruna Roy-led National Campaign for People’s Right to Information (NCPRI) and...

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